08 October 2018
A round-up of news from this years IAC
... individuals at an industry-defining price of $1.2 million per kilogram. Lockheed Martin, the prime contractor for NASA’s Orion spacecraft announced it was looking for ideas of commercial uses, including payloads, science, STEM, art and entertainment...
June 2018
Space 2080 a future perspective
...the capture of the first asteroid by the crew of Orion; an event followed by more than four billion spectators in...elements of the station. A 3D printer saved the mission. The Orion spacecraft - a key to future outer space exploration. A lunar tourist ...
04 May 2020
NASA commits to future Artemis missions with more SLS rocket engines
... controllers are built by Honeywell Aerospace in Clearwater, Florida, a major subcontractor to Aerojet Rocketdyne. The SLS rocket, Orion spacecraft, Gateway and Human Landing System are part of NASA’s backbone for deep space exploration. Work is well...
October 2020
Superconductors - key to unlocking high power space missions
... of waste heat generated. In the case of nuclear-powered spacecraft, long distances are necessitated due to safety considerations, and the...the world. Artist’s impression of the Orion spacecraft re-entering Earth’s atmosphere. Radiation shielding The...
02 April 2020
Thousands Apply to Join NASA’s Artemis Generation, #BeAnAstronaut
... corps, more will be needed to serve as crew aboard spacecraft bound for multiple destinations and propel exploration forward as part of...NASA’s powerful new Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft for Artemis missions to the Moon. Beginning in...
12 November 2021
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts arrive at ISS
.... The four Crew-3 astronauts were launched in a new SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, dubbed Endurance, atop a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre... (ESM-1) power NASA’s Orion spacecraft on its journey around the Moon and back to Earth.
